Reasons California wild fires are so bad. I'm not an expert just someone who has to live through them and studies them.
1)not enough prescribed Burns.This allows the vegetation to grow wild and uncontrolled.The hotter it is the more vegetation dries out https://www.kqed.org/science/1942384/california-lagging-way-behind-southeast-in-prescribed-burns-to-curb-wildfire
1)not enough prescribed Burns.This allows the vegetation to grow wild and uncontrolled.The hotter it is the more vegetation dries out https://www.kqed.org/science/1942384/california-lagging-way-behind-southeast-in-prescribed-burns-to-curb-wildfire
2) people have started living deeper and deeper into wilderness areas. this is dangerous because it's harder for forest rangers to maintain those parts of the Forrest. Roads are poor, not enough water and budding populations are a bad mix. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/living-on-the-edge-wildfires-pose-a-growing-risk-to-homes-built-near-wilderness-areas/
3) Californias environmental policies make it difficult to maintain the forest due to zero emission laws. "In the long term, leaving forests overgrown (makes them) prone to unnaturally destructive wildfires…” but climate change
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2018/11/27/trumps-right-about-californias-fires-it-wasnt-climate-change-two-new-california-laws-prove-it/amp/

4) people not abiding by fire safety for their home. Such as trimming branches, maintaining a fire break. To properly keep a firebreak you need thirty feet between your house and fuel. https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/5-ways-protect-your-home-wildfires
5) my favorite PG&E
Basically they lower the quality that they use when maintaining their lines. Meaning fires are easily started. And 86 people have paid for it with their lives. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18626819/cal-fire-pacific-gas-and-electric-camp-fire-power-lines-cause
Basically they lower the quality that they use when maintaining their lines. Meaning fires are easily started. And 86 people have paid for it with their lives. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18626819/cal-fire-pacific-gas-and-electric-camp-fire-power-lines-cause
This is what the sky looks like with the sun out. It was supposed to be 104 today but the smoke is cooling everything down. And it is 80 degrees.